“Copper Kettle”
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“Copper Kettle” is a traditional folk song popularized in the 1960s folk revival, notably through performances by artists such as Joan Baez and Bob Dylan.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| Copper Kettle | 0 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf | folk song ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Get You a Copper Kettle
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Get You a Copper Kettle (Copper Coil) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedMovement | American folk music revival ⓘ |
| associatedWithPeriod | Prohibition in the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collectedAs | traditional American folk song in songbooks ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| culturalSignificance |
became part of the standard 1960s folk repertoire
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represents romanticized view of moonshining ⓘ |
| genre | folk ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
Prohibition-era whiskey distilling
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moonshining ⓘ resistance to alcohol taxation ⓘ rural life ⓘ |
| includedOnAlbum |
Ballad of Easy Rider
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Joan Baez, Vol. 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ Self Portrait NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Appalachian folk traditions ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricLine |
Cover with new-made corn mash and never more you’ll toil
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Get you a copper kettle, get you a copper coil ⓘ Watch them jugs a-fillin’ in the pale moonlight ⓘ You’ll just lay there by the juniper while the moon is bright ⓘ |
| mood |
nostalgic
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pastoral ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person singer describing moonshining ⓘ |
| notablePerformer |
Bob Dylan
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Ian & Sylvia NERFINISHED ⓘ Joan Baez NERFINISHED ⓘ Odetta NERFINISHED ⓘ The Byrds NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performancePractice |
often performed with acoustic guitar
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often performed with simple vocal arrangement ⓘ |
| popularizedIn | 1960s folk revival ⓘ |
| primaryInstrumentation |
acoustic guitar
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sometimes banjo ⓘ sometimes fiddle ⓘ voice ⓘ |
| recordedBy |
Bob Dylan
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Ian & Sylvia NERFINISHED ⓘ Joan Baez NERFINISHED ⓘ Odetta NERFINISHED ⓘ The Byrds NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rights | traditional; authorship uncertain ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
1960s folk revival scholarship
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folk song collections ⓘ |
| tempo | slow to moderate ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Joan Baez in Concert